Per a Myjoyonline.com report, members of both groups have been demanding control of the tourist site that was renovated and reopened in November 2017.

On Tuesday, April 16, 2019, the youths struck, sacking the workers and claiming control over the collection of tolls at the waterfall.

Source: Myjoyonline.comSource: UGC

The police stormed the site, were able to apprehend six ringleaders, and planned to transfer them to the regional headquarters in Sunyani.

However, angry youths besieged the police station armed with stones, cudgels and demanded the release of the suspects. Tension brewed and one of the leaders blocked the entrance of the police station with a vehicle and timber logs.

Holed inside the station, the police called for reinforcement from Techiman, who also enlisted the help from a military attachment.

The irate mob had however grown larger and angrier, blocking roads leading to the police station. Stone-throwing youths and road blockades encumbered the movement of the security forces.

Amulets were discovered at the scene of the clash
Source: Myjoyonline.comSource: UGC

While trying to remove logs, an armed man attacked a soldier, stabbing him in his left wrist. Others attacked the team of police and military officers, smashing the windscreen of the vehicle.

One man was killed and two were injured and the security team fought off the youths. The identity of the deceased is yet to be confirmed and the injured were taken to the Holy Family Catholic Hospital at Techiman.

He said the police retrieved talismans, amulets and knives from two of the suspects.